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My latest XP desktop ;)

I'm running Debian in coLinux for the File Manager, panel (at right), and terminal. Netcat is running on the windows side to act as a gateway to be able to launch windows stuff from the Linux side, hence the file manager is actually usable, and clicking an image file (like in the screenshot) actually opens it using the native Windows viewer. Pretty neat stuff :)

Any questions feel free to ask :)

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:iconultimate1001:
mmm yummy

how did you get firefox to show like that?
does colinux allow for the linux file manager to start a windows program?
:iconhashbox:
Thanks for the fave :)

Firefox is using the "Vimperator" extension, which removes most of the UI and gives much more advanced keyboard control.

coLinux by itself won't allow you to do this. My coLinux setup is currently using a "hack" in which the program netcat is started on the windows side and set to spawn cmd.exe whenever a connection is made. From the coLinux side I have a couple of small scripts that connect to this netcat and issue "start Path/Program" and "exit" which causes Windows to either launch the program, or open the file using whatever program is set to open that filetype. So the file manager (Thunar) has all its file associations set to launch my script which causes it all to be opened on the windows side. Sorry for the long explanation but hopefully that clears it up a bit :)
:iconmeskarune:
This is really awesome.

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:iconultimate1001:
ide expect no shorter of an explaination but would have been dissapointed with any other.

its the truest sense of a hack :D
:iconhashbox:
Indeed! In fact I still can't believe it works so well!
:iconultimate1001:
i usually have problems with little scripts like that, sometimes they either freeze or some wierd thing happens

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